Moment yob smashes cop’s windscreen after hurling glass bottles at car… before admitting ‘I don’t know why I did that’

THIS is the shocking moment a yob smashes a cop’s windscreen after hurling glass bottles. An officer was responding to a call out in Aberdare in South Wales when pedestrian Mark Fraser, 40, targeted the vehicle. This is the moment a yob hurls a carrier bag full of glass bottles at a passing cop car Credit: SWNS The carrier bag hurtles toward the officer as he was responding to an emergency call Credit: SWNS Heart-stopping footage shows the bottles, in a blue carrier bag, hurtling toward the car. The officer had been responding to an emergency call when, out of nowhere, the bottles smash into the windscreen. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The windscreen completely splinters, blinding the officer and forcing him to pull over. Fraser was immediately put in cuffs on the roadside as he told the cop: “I don’t know why I did that.” The incident caused £900 worth of damage to the vehicle Credit: SWNS Mark Fraser, 40, was immediately arrested at the roadside Credit: SWNS The officer responds, telling Fraser: “I don’t know why you’ve done it either. “I’m driving down here, responding to a G1, and now I can’t because I’m dealing with you – you could have killed me, mate.” Furious, he leads Fraser to the front of the motor to show the damage caused. The entire windscreen is shattered before Fraser is placed under arrest. Most read in The Sun South Wales Police said the incident caused around £900 of damage to the vehicle, and put the officer in harm’s way. In a court appearance on August 5, Fraser admitted to criminal damage by recklessly endangering life The 40-year-old was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years. He was also ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and to pay over £6000 in compensation. South Wales Police posted video of the incident on social media, adding: “The damage cost hundreds of pounds to fix. “It also shows that even as our officers put themselves in harm’s way every day, sometimes danger can come from unexpected places.”